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<h2>Manufacturing Costs </h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>annual observations from 1947 to 1971
</p>
<p><em>number of observations</em> :  25
</p>
<p><em>observation</em> :  country
</p>
<p><em>country</em> :  United States
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>data(ManufCost)</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A time serie containing :
</p>

<dl>
<dt>cost</dt><dd><p>cost index</p>
</dd>
<dt>sk</dt><dd><p>capital cost share</p>
</dd>
<dt>sl</dt><dd><p>labor cost share</p>
</dd>
<dt>se</dt><dd><p>energy cost share</p>
</dd>
<dt>sm</dt><dd><p>materials cost share</p>
</dd>
<dt>pk</dt><dd><p>capital price</p>
</dd>
<dt>pl</dt><dd><p>labor price</p>
</dd>
<dt>pe</dt><dd><p>energy price</p>
</dd>
<dt>pm</dt><dd><p>materials price</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Source</h3>

<p>Berndt, E.  and  D.  Wood (1975) &ldquo;Technology, prices and the derived demand for energy&rdquo;, <em>Journal of Economics and Statistics</em>, <b>57</b>, 376-384.
</p>


<h3>References</h3>

<p>Greene, W.H. (2003) <em>Econometric Analysis</em>, Prentice Hall, <a href="http://www.prenhall.com/greene/greene1.html">http://www.prenhall.com/greene/greene1.html</a>, Table F14.1.
</p>


<h3>See Also</h3>

<p><code>Index.Source</code>, <code>Index.Economics</code>, <code>Index.Econometrics</code>, <code>Index.Observations</code>,
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<p><code>Index.Time.Series</code></p>


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